Rumours are suggesting that Grand Theft Auto makers Rockstar are among the first developers working on Nintendo’s ‘Project Cafe’ successor to the Wii – and might even be bringing Grand Theft Auto 5 to the new console.

Grand Theft Auto: Nintendo-bound?

According to the claims flying around, Rockstar are among the first companies (possibly the very first) to be given a developer unit of Nintendo’s Project Cafe console . This presumably means that Nintendo hope to launch the console in 2012 with a high-profile game from the guys behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption.

That would be quite a coup for Nintendo, whether it’s GTA or another Rockstar triple-A game – none of Rockstar’s best known titles have ever appeared on Nintendo’s home consoles, although a few have turned up as Game Boy/DS versions.

The reports come from French site 01net , which has been positively overflowing with rumours about Nintendo’s new console over the past few days – but has built up a fair amount of credibility, both for their Nintendo reports tying in with what other trustworthy sites are reporting, and for the fact that they pretty much nailed the specs of Sony’s NGP a few days before its announcement.

In other news of people apparently working on Wii 2 games, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Metroid Prime makers Retro Studios have also taken delivery of a development kit from Nintendo, and are working on a game ‘that everyone wants us to do’, according to a report from Paul Gale Network . Beyond that, though, there’s no further information…